On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Vishesh Handa <m...@vhanda.in> wrote:
> On Saturday, March 29, 2014 03:53:00 PM Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote: > > > > Last I checked, the list is as wide as the dialog and there is quite some > > space where a full path will (mostly) fit in, so it should be good. Also, > > is that bug reported on bugs.kde.org? > > > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332760 > > It's not about the width. The single folder looks much better and is less > scarier. > > > > > - A simple black list will not do. I need a white list - the ability > to > > > > specify disjoint folders for indexing, not the other way around. And > I'm > > > > sure the majority of people will be the same. > > > > > > What makes you say that? > > > > Well right now I don't know whether Baloo is indexing by root drive, > and/or > > my home folder, and/or my other 2 disks, and/or my USB drive. > > > > Personally I'd like a whitelist because I'd like to command my desktop > > search to search at some places rather than it trying to search > everything > > and me restricting it for some paths. The former makes you feel in > command > > (TM). > > Isn't that just because you've bad experiences with Nepomuk? Also, I'd > love to > know what kind of files you don't want it to index. I understand source > code, > but what else? > Nope*, in fact, Nepomuk lets me clearly control (and see) what is indexed and what is not. Also, I dont want to index source code, VM images, etc etc for which Baloo probably has excludes but I also don't want to index files on external storage (like random flash drives I insert). But, I should still be able to do so for devices I choose (a USB hard disk which I always keep connected). > > > > > TBH, even I thought the dialog is WIP ;) > > > > What would you recommend? Apart from both white list and black lists, which > I'm against. > Well I can't really recommend something if you've already made up your mind on not implementing ;) That includes whitelist and indexing stats. > -- > Vishesh Handa > On a note, I like that you want to simplify the UI but please take care that you don't remove actually useful features. It is important because almost all of KDE users want at least basic configuration; they'd be using something like GNOME if they didn't. -- Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530) http://www.shantanutushar.com
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